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Shivering in Sokcho and Seoraksan

lesliestokman — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:31:36 +0000

An unfourtunate fate for many jellyfish on Sokcho Beach

Angry sea responsible for mass deaths of jellyfish

Within the edges of Seoraksan Nat'l Park, one of many temples

Enough granite to make one feel an ant

How many Buddhas will I photograph in Korea? Not done yet...

Outside a prayer-hall-in-a-cave, respite before the day's main undertaking

And so we climbed up into the misty mountain top of Ulsanbawi...

In the folds of the fog and corners of crevices

Autumnal reds, essential and nearly obligatory in this collection

Under-awning dragons and bells, another temple

I Like Bugs… From a Distance

lesliestokman — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:29:18 +0000

This dude was hanging out late one night in the teacher's room doin' overtime

There is a late-summer children's craze to catch dragonflies

Browsing Bukhansan National Park

lesliestokman — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:59:43 +0000

I have a thing for sunlight through a leaf...

Peeking back from halfway up the valley

Where we wanted to go, but were much too unprepared

This isn't my photography, but another view with which we were rewarded

A Different Sort of Flower Festival (G&G)

lesliestokman — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:46:58 +0000

These will get redundant, but the poppies were... the most populous

Our plastic pins for 11/11 don't really do these justice.

Middleaged foreigner to innocent Korean: "Some can be used to make heroin you know!"

A Jejudo of Sorts…

lesliestokman — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:37:01 +0000

Medusa Xmas tree at the Glass Castle.

Dinner cruise and a view of the evening coastal rainbow.

Couldn't have done it better myself - colour wheels be damned.

I thought the point of photography was to capture reality... this looks so fake.

Towards the bottom of the falls, a sliver of the intense greenery.

This wouldn't be an album about Jeju without the ocean and a mountain.

Sparkling shallows (unexpectedly protected by really gross bugs in the rocks).

Looks almost as soothing as it sounds.

A Cherry Blossom Festival at Yoido

lesliestokman — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:55:12 +0000

large crowds around the National Assembly Building

a little song and dance

notice the lovely highway ramp in the background

Frost: A Study

lesliestokman — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 05:04:04 +0000

reaching

exploring

leafing - how did this happen? beautiful

fading

focusing - enlarge

Gratuitous Number of Photos at the Marsh

lesliestokman — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:40:32 +0000

I stopped by the marsh in my town on the way home from work and went a little crazy with the camera. I have tried to include only the very best or most interesting shots. As well, I decided today that all photos uploaded will be untouched – no colour changes, no cropping, no contrast adjusted – just how I took them originally. I made a friend on my walk and she helped me to get my favourite photo (it involves peanuts, you’ll see).

into the marshes

little bugger knows how to camo when he wants to

greedy for seeds (I'm not mad about it)

mallards as usual

deep in the deciduous forest haha

the procession

bad ass blue jay, taking full advantage of free food

Project 365 – Before The Snow

lesliestokman — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:16:14 +0000

I am feeling inspired to take photographs. I recently picked up a fancy little camera as a graduation present from my family, which is something I have desired for quite a while. I used to have a useless old hand-me-down film camera but I stopped using it early on in university, and have have been sans camera ever since. I don’t really know what specifications my camera has except for one feature: ten times optical zoom! I find this very impressive.

Something called Project 365 caught my eye when an old friend began it nearly a year ago, and I am going to be a copycat and try it out for myself. The premise is that you must take photographs every single day, and I guess post them somewhere as a blog or memoir or something of the sort. I am not looking to necessarily chronicle my life, but to improve my skills as a photographer, which at this point, are very amateur.

Today I am going to cheat and use some photos taken earlier, only because there is a specific idea I want to capture. In my town today fell the first snowflakes of this winter season, and I am overjoyed. I am hoping to leave the country in early December, and I was getting a little worred that I would miss this year’s Canadian snowfall. While none of it stayed on the ground, it gave me some hope that it might in a month. I love winter.

Anyway, here are my favourite fall pictures taken since September 29, the day I acquired the camera, and before the snow. (Please enlarge to experience full awesomeness.)

cross that street!

some sun in a Halifax cafe

ivy at Dalhousie University

public gardens looking splendid

epic tree at the farm

back roads of Ontario